debodun
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High school jobs. What was yours?
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They were hospital volunteers, Charry, but I'm certain candy stripers are no longer.
Pecos
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I was able to hang on to some of it and it came in very handy, especially when I moved out of the house and moved into the bunkhouse with the Mexican laborers. I kept going to High School where I worked in the cafeteria and ate like a pig during my free lunch. I eventually went home, graduated, went off to Southern Calif where I met my natural father's family and stayed for about a month. Then I joined the Navy while I was still 17.
That was a tough start you had, Pecos.
He first tried at 12 but was found and brought back.
I had babysat or did odd jobs for small pay when 12-17
When I was 17 ..... My older sisters long term best friend was a assistant manager at a new location of a fast food restaurant. They did not have enough people for opening week and wanted a body ASAP ..
best friend offered a job to sister starting that day .... my sister did not want to smell like french fries or whatever ( translation did not want to work).
She told me "hey lets get dressed in slacks and white shirt" and go for a ride ... took me to restaurant dropped me off yelling at her best friend out the car window "Jeni , will do it" and she drove off .......... that was my first day at my JOB.
When I was 17 ..... My older sisters long term best friend was a assistant manager at a new location of a fast food restaurant. They did not have enough people for opening week and wanted a body ASAP ..
best friend offered a job to sister starting that day .... my sister did not want to smell like french fries or whatever ( translation did not want to work).
She told me "hey lets get dressed in slacks and white shirt" and go for a ride ... took me to restaurant dropped me off yelling at her best friend out the car window "Jeni , will do it" and she drove off .......... that was my first day at my JOB.
Kathleen’s Place
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Summer Play Ground assistant, pool basket attendant, babysitting, cashier at A&P, worked at newspaper doing ad set up’s (only job I liked) and worked in a shoe store
Gaer
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hm-m. High school, i wanted to get into drama after school but I had to get a job if i wanted a car.
So, i worked at a dress shop after school and on weekends.
When I turned 18, I moved out of state, got my own apartment and worked full time at Penny's in the shoe dept.
So, i worked at a dress shop after school and on weekends.
When I turned 18, I moved out of state, got my own apartment and worked full time at Penny's in the shoe dept.
Kathleen’s Place
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Not touching THIS one!
Breaks my heart when I hear stories like this.
Pecos
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That does indeed take a lot of guts and his story would be very interesting as that is an exceptionally tough age.
I meant KEESHA had the guts!
Yes, desperation makes a kid want to leave home so young. I didn't let my husband get away with lying to himself for years with his own "reason", the reasoning of a 13 year old boy. Sad, he was not treated well. Sad. At least I never had a MIL.
Yes, and all too many know all too well how that feels.
A candy striper was a teen-age girl volunteer at a local hospital. They were called that because of the pink and white striped uniforms.
Murrmurr
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I worked at my grandfather's tailor shop. He wasn't supposed to pay me but he did. I bought an old Chevy Biscayne.
Yeah, that's how we did it. Especially when it was learned in fund raising that a handwritten envelope to the donor got you more money than printed labels.
Irwin
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I used to have one of those! An old (1968) coupe with quarter panels that were rusted out so bad, exhaust fumes would come in through the holes and into the passenger compartment. I think I paid $50 for that old POS. It was reliable, though. I think that was around 1977. A nine year old car was old in those days. These days, cars last over well over 20 years if you take care of them.
Irwin
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In high school, I washed dishes, worked at a gas station, delivered newspapers, babysat, did some other random grunt work.
sadie123
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I was a car hop for A&W. It was a fun job.
AnnieA
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Library page at the county library. Loved it. Started at 16. I'll never forget my first holiday off which was July 4th. We had a wet spring that year and farmers were behind. I spent all day in a soybean field on a John Deere tractor pulling a cultivator.
http://www.ala.org/educationcareers/careers/librarycareerssite/whatyouneedpage
http://www.ala.org/educationcareers/careers/librarycareerssite/whatyouneedpage
I worked for the school district mowing lawns, painting, etc. during the summers when I was 14,15.
I learned to drive jeeps and trucks (all manuals) on mountain roads when I was 15.
when the school district found out about my driving they had me driving split axel dump trucks when I was 16 and legal during the summers.
I drove truck for a pharmacy delivery my senior year in high school when I could if I wasn't playing sports.
I was enjoying life, trying not to think about the draft and Vietnam.
I learned to drive jeeps and trucks (all manuals) on mountain roads when I was 15.
when the school district found out about my driving they had me driving split axel dump trucks when I was 16 and legal during the summers.
I drove truck for a pharmacy delivery my senior year in high school when I could if I wasn't playing sports.
I was enjoying life, trying not to think about the draft and Vietnam.
Pecos
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It was a bit tough, but some of the women on this forum have told stories about their childhood that make mine pale by comparison. I put an end to the physical abuse in the household by the time I was 16, and by the time I was 22 my two younger step-brothers had left home and lived with me.That was a tough start you had, Pecos.